Don't misrepresent where you went to school.

[AJ_Atlanta]

That's my point. HES is fine if you don't need a prestigious degree. Most people don't need prestigious degrees. If you're attending HES because you think it's going to give you the same opportunities as other Harvard schools, then you're going to be disappointed. 

As for the cost of the master's programs, you have to factor in the cost of moving to Cambridge for a semester if hybrid courses are not an option for your program. 

What is their cap on CLEP/DSST? When calculating the cost of a degree, I factor in the cost of transfer credits because those aren't free.

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Apparently, at least 1,500 Extension School students don't like their degree names. They signed a petition and protested.

https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2016/...y-degrees/

Wait, I could be persuaded to agree that the night school (HES) has never been as prestigious as some of the other Harvard schools but it is certainly better than literary hundreds of schools nobody ever head of; probably get more mileage out of it than a number of Sate schools as well.

Secondly if you are factoring CLEP/DSST limits then you pretty much are excluding every prestigious school.  But as you say it really depends on what you need.  I suspect a large percentage of adult learners are needing to check a box to get past an automated candidate system or other lazy HR practices.